Here’s an article from Birmingham News business writer Mike Tomberlin on our merger announcement. And here’s how Weld covered it.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 8, 2012) – David Fleming, President and CEO of Operation New Birmingham and Elizabeth Barbaree-Tasker, Interim Executive Director of Main Street Birmingham, have announced an intent to merge the two organizations. Resolutions of their intent to merge have been approved by the boards of the two economic development agencies. This the first [...]

Birmingham News business writer Marty Swant wrote a great profile of Freshfully, the winner of Main Street Birmingham and Avondale Brewing Company’s recent Occupy Avondale contest. Check it out here.

We’ve been blown away by the response to the Occupy Avondale Contest. This Thursday, March 29th at 6pm, we’ll announce the winner of six months free rent in an historic Avondale storefront at an event at the brewery.(Avondale Brewing Company, 201 41st Street South.)  We’ve had constant requests from area businesses, media outlets and interested [...]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 8, 2012) – Main Street Birmingham announced Communicating Vessels has signed on as the newest tenant in its 55th Place Arts development in Woodlawn. Communicating Vessels develops, produces and mentors local artists including  The Grenadines, Preston Lovinggood, The Green Seed and The Great Book of John. The label represents 10 artists exploring [...]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 8, 2012) – Main Street Birmingham announced local food policy advocate Taylor Clark Huff has joined its staff as Public Market Coordinator. Huff has been the food systems facilitator for the United Way of Central Alabama, managing a portion of the $13 million dollar federal grant awarded to the Jefferson County Department [...]

Here’s something we think can be a great complement to our efforts to grow Birmingham’s urban commercial centers in a smart way. Local, national, and international experts in green design and transportation, intelligent technologies, environmental sustainability, health and livability, economic development, and government and public policy will join forces on Thursday, February 16, at the [...]

It’s been less than a week since we launched Occupy Avondale in partnership with our friends at Avondale Brewing Company. The reaction has been stellar. Our website traffic has exploded! Our Facebook engagement has been through the roof and we already have 20 qualified businesses hoping to win 6 months free rent in this beautiful historic [...]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (January 17, 2012) – Avondale Brewing Company is giving away six months free rent in a fully renovated space on 41st Street in Avondale. Main Street Birmingham is partnering with ABC to accept applications from new and existing businesses during the month of January, 2012. A panel of judges, including Main Street Birmingham’s [...]

Main Street Birmingham’s community mural painting project was a huge success. On Martin Luther King Day, January 16th, more than 75 volunteers gathered in North Birmingham to help artists paint a giant mural. Main Street Birmingham partnered with the North Birmingham Neighborhood Association to devise and paint the mural across from the recently opened North [...]